Contessa Entellina

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Soils classified as association no. 12: Regosols, Brown soils, Alluvial soils, and Vertisols, typical of the inland argillaceous hills of Sicily.
• Undulating morphology with variously inclined slopes and flat areas at the base, in the upper and middle hill zones of the Valle del Belice.
• Mediterranean climate with a mean annual rainfall of 700 mm, concentrated in autumn and winter, and summer drought.
• Mean temperatures ranging from approximately 11 °C in January–February to 28–30 °C in July–August; relative humidity between 60% in summer and 75% in winter.

• Vineyards already cited in 1590 in documents of the Monastery of S. Maria del Bosco; the wines of Entella were known as «Entellani».
• Training system: simple vertical trellis (spalliera) or bush vine (alberello); the overhead pergola (tendone) is explicitly excluded. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0776
• Official trade body site — Assovini Sicilia